[gambit-list] Any plans to support alternative IO mechanisms? (epoll, kqueue etc)

Eric Merritt cyberlync at gmail.com
Wed Apr 27 13:59:29 EDT 2005


Marc,

  I have neither convincing arguments nor great need. Its just
curiosity on my part and the inclination to provide answers for a
friend. Thanks for taking the time to formulate a response.

On 4/27/05, Marc Feeley <feeley at iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> There are no plans to use epoll/kqueue.  However, the I/O runtime
> system has been written in a style that allows easily changing
> the underlying I/O synchronization mechanism.  Currently "select"
> is used on POSIX systems, and MsgWaitForMultipleObjects on
> Windows, but it would be fairly easy (a day or two at most)
> to include support for another mechanism.
> 
> The function ___device_select in os_io.c will need rewriting,
> and also ___device_select_add_fd.
> 
> I'm driven by need, and currently select is good enough.  So
> if you feel strongly about epoll/kqueue you have to bring some
> convincing arguments and show a real need.
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
> On Apr 26, 2005, at 6:28 PM, Eric Merritt wrote:
> 
> >   A friend posed this question to me and I thought I would forward it
> > to the list to get a correct answer. Are there any plans to make use
> > of mechanisms like epoll or kqueue where they are available (on their
> > respective platforms)?
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